No More Parking!

By: Jordan Gentry

Although there is an outstanding amount of students who drive to school and park in both the front and back lots, the Board of Education along with our school have decided to stop student parking. The front and back parking lots will no longer be accessible by students; ONLY teachers will be allowed to park in the lots.

Due to the amount of terrible student parkers, it has become a problem for teachers to be able to park. Mr. Riehemann sternly stated that, “We as a staff are tired of seeing cars parked over the lines. If our students can’t park correctly then they can’t park here at all!” As most of us have seen, there are students who have taken up to FOUR parking spaces for ONE car. Mrs. Fowee expressed to me, “I understand on snowy days that it’s hard to see the lines, but other than that there is no reason for the revolting parking jobs done by our students.”

The staff from both Lloyd and Tichenor are fed up with the front lot parking. “The front parking lot is an eyesore. Any person that passes our parking lot is most likely disgusted at how bad our parking lot looks. And I would like to be able to park close to the school I work at and not 50,000 feet away because someone decided to use four parking spaces!” voiced Mrs. Akin, from Tichenor.

Not only is the front parking lot off limits, but so is the back. Mrs. Gillis is tired of making announcements for everyone to clear the parking lot for baseball, so she wants the back to be closed completely. The Board somewhat agreed with her. Since our school system has also decided to start bussing students to school the back parking lot is now strictly for busses.

Now, the school and Board know that some students have to drive to school due to certain after school activities so they have come up with a place to park. Because Graves Ave, and other streets close to the school, allow parking students can park there, and if they don’t park correctly then it’s the cities problem. The school will not be responsible for any damage to cars or towing because of bad parallel parking.